Re: is this fake or what?

["piLL" <pill@atomic3d.com>]

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thanx for the recources and suggestions to all those who replied.
lots of good methods of distinguishing fact from fiction.

a question, would microsoft, aol or intel be targets of hactivism? what line
would they have to cross?

icq, MS messenger, and the like are starting to worry me. anyone else?

piLL
#icq1125577
univac@hotmail.com (ms messenger)


----- Original Message -----
From: Me Uh, K. <pram512@yahoo.com>
To: <hacktivism@tao.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: is this fake or what?


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>
> nope.  totally false.  http://www.snopes.com is an
> excellent source for information on net-hoaxes (so is
> http://urbanlegend.about.com )  If it sounds wierd,
> lame, offbeat, and it came to you via email, try
> checking it against either of the above sites.
> Chances are at least one of them has proven your hoax
> false.
>
> -mia k. (who likes internet practical jokes)
>
> --- piLL <pill@atomic3d.com> wrote:
> > [: hacktivism :]
> >
> > sorry if i sound lame, but is this for real??
> >
> > i almost dont believe it...
> >
> > >US stamps for e-mails... Please read the following
> > carefully if you
> > >intend to stay on-line and continue using email:
> > >
> > >The last few months have revealed an alarming trend
> > in the Government of
> > >the United States attempting to quietly push
> > through legislation that
> > >will affect your use of the internet.
> > >
> > >Under proposed legislation  the U.S. Postal Service
> > will be attempting
> > >to bilk email users out of "alternate postage
> > fees".  Bill 602P will
> > >permit the Federal Govt to charge a 5 cent
> > surcharge on every email
> > >delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at
> > source. The consumer
> > >would then be billed in turn by the ISP. Washington
> > D.C. lawyer Richard
> > >Stepp is working without pay to prevent this
> > legislation from becoming
> > >law.
> > >
> > >The U.S. Postal  Service is claiming that lost
> > revenue due to the
> > >proliferation of email is costing nearly
> > $230,000,000 in revenue per
> > >year. You may have noticed their recent ad campaign
> > "There is nothing
> > >like a letter". Since the average citizen received
> > about 10 pieces of
> > >email per day in 1998, the cost to the typical
> > individual would be  an
> > >additional 50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars
> > per year, above and
> > >beyond their regular Internet costs. Note that this
> > would be money paid
> > >directly to the U.S. Postal Service for a service
> > they do not even
> > >provide. The whole point of the Internet is
> > democracy and
> > >noninterference.
> > >
> > >If the federal government is permitted to tamper
> > with our liberties by
> > >adding a surcharge to email, who knows where it
> > will end. You are
> > >already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail
> > because of
> > >bureaucratic inefficiency. It currently takes up to
> > 6 days for a letter
> > >to be delivered from New York to Buffalo.  If the
> > U.S. Postal Service is
> > >allowed to tinker with email, it will mark the end
> > of the "free"
> > >Internet in the United States.  One congressman,
> > Tony Schnell R has even
> > >suggested a "twenty to forty dollar per month"
> > surcharge on all Internet
> > >service" above and beyond  the government's
> > proposed email charges.
> > >
> > >Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored
> > the story, the only
> > >exception being the Washingtonian which called the
> > idea of email
> > >surcharge "a useful concept whose time has come"
> > (March 6th 1999
> > >Editorial)
> > >
> > >Don't sit by and watch your freedom erode away!
> > Send this email to all
> > >Americans on your list and tell your friends and
> > relatives to write to
> > >their congressman and say "No!" to Bill 602P.
> > >
> > >Kate Turner - Assistant to Richard Stepp, Berger,
> > Stepp and Gorman
> > >Attorneys at Law, 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, VA
> >
> >
> >
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